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Drivers' challenges at Kentucky: slick track, less control with little preparation

Kurt Busch told his team that the track was like ice – and that was before rain washed out part of Friday's practice and canceled qualifying for Saturday night's Quaker State 400.

At Kentucky Speedway, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is facing an unusual racing weekend.

First, there's a triple dose of change with a revamped 1.5-mile track (it's been repaved with the banking in turns 1 and 2 changed), an aero package designed to lower downforce and side force on the cars and a new set of Goodyear tires at the track (the lefts from Las Vegas and the rights from Michigan, except with a single tread).